120G ipod classic

HarryPainful · 1 Dec 2008 at 08:41

Bought this a few weeks back and I have noticed a few times that when I listen to specific songs it hangs for a few seconds then goes to the next one...

I also think I hear a slight click...

Bad sectors? anything I can do about this?

Will_3rd · 1 Dec 2008 at 09:56

tried re-formatting it and reloading your music?

had this on an old iPod think the hard drive was damaged

HarryPainful · 1 Dec 2008 at 10:09

I haven't tried that yet, sees a bit strange for a new ipod... hmm.

Will_3rd · 1 Dec 2008 at 10:14

Yeah a little, give it a try to rule it out anyway

neil_g · 1 Dec 2008 at 15:01

my 80gb video ticks very faintly anyway.

you sure the tracks werent ripped with 2 sec gaps?

TwoSaints · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:50

I had a similar problem just after mine was new, but a restore in itunes sorted it out and never had the problem again in a year gone by now. as above the clicking is normal

Deleted member 651465 · 3 Dec 2008 at 11:04

The clicking could be because the tracks were ripped on a machine with no/poor error correction.

Although, worst case scenario.. the clicks are the hard drive slowly dying.

HarryPainful · 3 Dec 2008 at 16:28

The track get skipped along with a clicking sound, the files are ripped fine and have worked without a problem on another ipod.

I will restore it when I get a chance to this week sometime.

Thanks for the advice.

Nethesem · 3 Dec 2008 at 16:32

This is caused by the iPod waiting for it's hard disk to spin up again to cache the next few tracks.
This can sometimes be heard in the earphones.

A restore and update to latest firmware would make sense, as a firmware update might have fixed this.

Maccy · 3 Dec 2008 at 16:40

This happened to mine, a restore worked at first but there was still one track that would skip after 15 seconds. Had to get a new version of the song in the end.

Scythe · 3 Dec 2008 at 16:59

Maccy said:
This happened to mine, a restore worked at first but there was still one track that would skip after 15 seconds. Had to get a new version of the song in the end.

That's usually due to a corrupt song.

Maccy · 3 Dec 2008 at 17:04

Sorry, forgot to mention that the song played fine off iTunes.

Nethesem · 3 Dec 2008 at 17:20

Yea that happens to my 1st Gen iPod Mini, every now and then I get a song that just cuts off- as said, I fix it by restoring the iPod and resyncing music.

Not a big deal on a 4GB iPod, but I could imagine this to be a pain on a bigger player...

HarryPainful · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:30

I restored it last night and copied everything back over, see how it goes...

120G ipod classic

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