Un-shuffle albums and playlists

I just got one of the new ipod touch's 32GB, and whenever I go to play an album or a playlist it just shuffles the order without me selecting it to. I can't find an option in the settings that would correct this.
What am I missing? and how can I just listen to things in order?
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gumnut01 wrote:
I just got one of the new ipod touch's 32GB, and whenever I go to play an album or a playlist it just shuffles the order without me selecting it to. I can't find an option in the settings that would correct this.
What am I missing? and how can I just listen to things in order?
For playlists there is a "Shuffle" selection at the top of the list. If you don't select this then the shuffle option will be off for the playlist.
If you have selected "Shuffle" then you can turn it off by touching the album cover of a song being played. This brings up the playback controls one of which is the shuffle control (two crossed arrows). If this is blue in color then Shuffle is On. You turn it Off by touching the control which will then turn white in color.
PS: There is also a "Shake to Shuffle" option in Settings. If it is on then shaking the iPod will change the selection.
FYI, this is all covered in the User Guide at: http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf
There is also a version of the User Guide available via Safari on your iPod Touch.

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