Songs won't play - as if pause is stuck on

I bought a 60 gig ipod in Oct 05. About 5 or 6 months ago, it packed in & I got a replacement through Apple Care.
The 'new' one now won't play. Everything seems normal, can scroll through menus, select songs etc, but when I go to play nothing happens as if the track was paused.
I've completely reset it to factory settings etc, but nothing has changed. This is my 4th ipod in 3 years & I can't say I'm happy.
Ant ideas?

Delete and redownload them if doing so is free in your country.
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