Some music played from ipod plays in mono

some of the music that is ripped into itunes from my cd, when played from the ipod through my car stereo plays in mono. That is... the music comes out of speakers on one side of the vehicle. I know the problem is not the car stereo because other music sources such as cd's or cassetts everything is works fine. Some songs from the ipod play fine but some plays like mono. But when you play the songs back on the computer through itunes or the ipod with headphones, its sounds stereo. Can somebody tell me whats up with that?
COL

No solution here, just chiming in that I've had that happen to me too, and at first I freaked out, thinking my iPod was broken or something along those lines. Guess I'm not alone.

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