Weird Issue - Gen5 iPod will not play after waking up from sleep.

Question

I think my 5th gen 30GB iPod is just lazy and needs a kick to get going =)
Seriously though, let's say I'm playing a song. I pause the song and then put the iPod to sleep by either selecting sleep from the menu or by holding down the play/pause button. I then proceed to slide the hold button.
When I'm ready to play again I slide the hold button back then hit the play pause. No output at all. 99% of the time when this happens the time will count down like it's supposed to be playing but there is no output. Every now and then the time doesn't progress even though the icon at the top left side of the screen says play.
I can choose other songs and it does the same thing. The only solution is to put it back to sleep and then wake it up again. Works perfect.
Any ideas?
Gen5 30GB   Windows XP Pro  

Answer 1

Hi Dick, same here.
Since about a week, I noticed this too on my 8core MacPro with attached LaCie Electron screen.
No external drives or anything else attached ( except for the keyboard and mouse ) .
It only happens when the screen is sleeping while the computer itself is still awake.
I can use the keyboard to quit open applications or eject a cd, but the screen stays black.
When the computer itself is sleeping, it does wake up normally - including the screen...
Peter
Forgot to add: when touching the the ON button, the computer goes to sleep and if I then touch the mouse or a key, it wakes up normally.
Message was edited by: Peter lembrechts