Why won't my iPod let me manually switch songs?

Hello everyone,
I sure hope you will help me!
I can't manually switch songs. If I let a song play through, my iPod will change to the next song by itself just like it's supposed to. It's only when a song comes on & I don't want to hear it so I hit the right arrow but it will not move to the next song. I don't have the "repeat" on. The screen is not locked. I even restored it but no luck. I've tried holding the Menu & the middle button down at the same time but it has not helped. Oh...my iPod will let me switch songs BACKWARDS! It just will not let me manually forward past a song I don't like.
Thanks so much,
Cindy

Sounds like the forward button is busted. Take the unit to the local Apple store. If that is the case, and your iPod is under a year old, you might get a new one.

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