'Voice Over' Keeps Listing Audiobooks?

Hey all,
I was wondering if anyone else experienced this problem. The Voice Over will keep listing my audiobooks if I do the following:
1. Pause the book I was listening to
2. Let it turn itself off
3. Turn the device back on using the center button
By "keep listing", I mean it will continually say the book title and author then the next and it will repeat until I restart.
I love my pod, its just the Voice Over is too annoying to justify being left on. When and if Apple fixes this, I might turn it back on.
So, does anyone else's Nano have this problem?

I just try the log out and log back in thing and it did not turn back on. I then tried restarting all together and it did not turn back on. So i guess it is fixed. I wish i knew what happened to have it turn back on though. I'm really sure how i could have accidentally hit cmd & F5 to turn it on but i guess i must have. I was probably adjusting the volume and some how had my finger on the cmd button instead of 'fn'. Another I D 10 T error lol.
Thanks for the help. I'll prob be back if it comes back on though. I'll make sure i dont hit the cmd and f5 key together.

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