Solving the ipod crisis - Nick Moss Method

Question

"PLZZZZZ Help me people. I recently bought a 1GB Ipod Shuffle and even though I've added songs and such, every time i attempt to play on my shuffle, the buttons flash green and orange for about 5 seconds. I've tried everything, someone must help me I'm going insane!!!!!!!!!"
-Every Ipod Shuffle User
I had the same problem as you and sooooooo many others. You add songs, reset it, restart and reinstall programs, and get to a point where you simply can't take it any longer, however, i have found a method that helped me (Thankfully), and I'm hoping will help you to , so you don't end up throwing the shuffle out the window.
My successful, yet simple technique is this :
*1. Plug in your shuffle and go on to itunes, then restore it.*
*2. Once it is restored and you've renamed it, (make sure it doesn't automatically add songs) find it in the left hand bar.*
*3. MANUALLY add about 5 songs to your shuffle, any length, but the smaller the better (not too small =D)*
*4. Once they've all been uploaded and in the status bar it the top of the itunes window it says "Ipod sync complete, OK to disconnect", select the first song on your shuffle and then click the shuffle header in the left nav bar so it is highlighted blue.(shown in below picture in step 5)*
*5. Finally, go down to the bottom left of your itunes browser and left click the shuffle icon (two arrows interweaving), so it highlights blue , but only after you've selected the Shuffle icon in the nav bar. Image in link :*
http://i26.tinypic.com/t66yxh.png
After that is highlighted, wait for the OK to disconnect at the top status bar and eject the ipod using the button in the nav bar next to the header. After, turn it on and HOPEFULLY it should play, if it has, no need to thank me, just spread the word, if it hasn't i am very sorry and sorry for generating any false hope you may of experienced.
-Nick Moss
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Answer 1

_*2ND METHOD*_
1. Load in your shuffle and restore and add 5 songs, but DON'T click the shuffle button yet, just add some songs and eject as normal.
2. Download the most recent version of itunes (currently 7.6) from here : http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ - don't unintsall your current one, just download and install this one straight away.
3. Once installed, go on to itunes, and once on itunes, plug in your shuffle 2nd gen, then select it in the devices section and click the shuffle button and eject.
I'm both hoping and assuming that'll catch you more luck than the above method, thanks.
_*3RD METHOD*_
1. Download the most recent version of itunes (currently 7.6) from here : http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ - don't unintsall your current one, just download and install this one straight away.
2. On the newly installed itunes, plug in your shuffle and restore.
3. After add some songs, highlight your shuffle in the devices section and turn on the shuffle button at the bottom left.
Eject.
Good Luck!
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