[fisherKing]

i just got an ipod shuffle. put about 4 hours of songs on it, went to listen (in shuffle mode).

i thought that 'shuffle' would go thru ALL SONGS before repeating anything. not true? i head a bunch of songs repeat before i got nearly thru an hour of listening.

just curious. makes sense (to me) that nothing would repeat until all songs have played...

[fisherKing]

yikes!
no one has any info??

[Nodnarb]

Don't have any solid info to help you, all I can say is that I remember a while ago this happened to me for a few days of using my shuffle, and it was so annoying and I couldn't figure out what had happened. Then I reloaded with a different set of songs and it never happened again?

But I remember hitting the next button like 5 times in a row because those songs had already played.

Maybe try erasing and then reloading the music? Hope it works out for you.

[shinykaro]

I don't know if like the other iPods the shuffle has various shuffle settings. If it's primary shuffle directive is to shuffle albums, and you have only a few loaded, it might cycle through the albums without recognizing that a song has played already. If you have it set to shuffle by songs, then it shouldn't happen. I'm not sure if this is an option on the shuffle though.

[Dale Sorel]

Just a reminder: if the shuffle is indeed random, then you can hear the same song played twice in a row.