Songs won't start at the beginning!

Just got a brand new ipod, and am having a huge problem with songs starting in the middle of the song. Also if I play a few seconds of one song, then skip to the next, and then go back to the original song, it WILL NOT start at the beginning-keeps going to back to wherever it stopped playing! It still does this if I turn it off and back on. Nothing seems to work. Anyone know why?

Hello msjazzer,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Have you made sure your tracks' Start and Stop time have not been altered within iTunes? To do this locate the tracks you are having issues with. From there, highlight them, right -> click on them and choose "Get Info" from the shortcut pop up menu. When the window pops up, head over to the Options tab. First make sure the Start time is set to the beginning of the song and the Stop time is set to the end.
Also make sure the "remember playback position" option is not ticked as well from under this same tab. If you make any changes hit OK and sync the updated changes to your iPod.
Otherwise, perhaps you could take a look at this Apple support document.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26488
B-rock

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