hope you can help..ive synchd 160 songs on my daughters shuffle(3rd gen) from i tunes and after they played perfectly a few times when she tried it again 156 of then have vanished leaving the same 4 over and over...the shuffle hasnt been rebooted or plugged into the computer or itunes in the interim...anyway i started again from scratch..back to factory settings and then sync and the same thing happened this time almost mid playback...one minute playing all from the library the next only giving 5 this time to choose from...any ideas as its very frustrating

I'm not an ipod person, but I can't see why that would happen, especially given the fact that you say it hasn't been near a computer since you synced.

If it's still under guarantee I'd send it back, sounds like it's defective.

Sorry can't be of more help. Have you tried the Apple forums?