iPod Shuffle (3rd Gen) keeps skipping tracks/vol issues
So I got a new Shuffle for Xmas from the inlaws and within 2 weeks it starts with these problems:
- Voiceover starts listing the current track name, then back to "all songs- audiobooks- podcasts"
-The volume buttons don't work about 20-30 minutes into my runs.
-The volume is low and won't go higher.
It's a PITA when I'm running and I have to start messing w/ the controls on my headset. It's almost like headset controls start malfunctioning when I sweat.
How can you make a Shuffle that can't handle sweat?
Does anyone else have these issues?
- Voiceover starts listing the current track name, then back to "all songs- audiobooks- podcasts"
-The volume buttons don't work about 20-30 minutes into my runs.
-The volume is low and won't go higher.
It's a PITA when I'm running and I have to start messing w/ the controls on my headset. It's almost like headset controls start malfunctioning when I sweat.
How can you make a Shuffle that can't handle sweat?
Does anyone else have these issues?
Comments
If the problem is replicable, take it back and get a new one (although some people seem to just run through these things pretty rapidly, so there's probably a design problem). You might consider just getting the money back if you can, and picking up a used previous generation Shuffle, which is well nigh indestructible in my experience.
If the Apple people tell you that you broke it because it's been exposed to water, just google "iPod Shuffle sweat" for about a million stories the same as yours.