Slideshow isn't at all random in shuffle mode

I have approx 14000 photos in 270 directories on my iPod. When I put on shuffle photos, the iPod continually goes into the first dozen or so directories only - hence the idea of randomly showing off all my photos in my library can't happen.
I've tried going to the middle before starting (how many revolutions with my finger!!!) but all that does is locate it's "stickiness" to the middle dozen or so directories.
Anyone else experiencing this - it's the major reason I bought this version iPod in the first place.

I've now sent my ipod back to Apple for investigation. However, before I sent it back I reproduced this problem very easily using Powerpoint, a macro and saving slides to jpg format. Hence it had 15000 simple, numbered images across 300 directories. Results - at no point was it showing more than 15 directories spread over a 24 hour period...
I'll update with Apple's official response, but their "random" algorithm is woefully not-so at the moment....

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Leonid.I wrote:
mcmillan wrote:You probably can do some searching to track it down (or rewrite something similar if you know how) prior to going through with a complete reinstall.
... which (complete reinstall) will be required with high probability, since all the solutions proposed above will most likely break the system
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