I have had a few iPods and had this iPod mini since June. Yesterday when I was playing music any song I choose to play did so but there was a TON of distortion and fuzz and it was plain unlistenable. It was lots of pops and clicks and a buzz like you would hear when changing a radio. When I plugged in the iPod to my mac there wasn't a problem playing the songs by using it as "hard drive" in iTunes and they sounded crystal clear. I also tried different headphones so I am thinking there is something seriously wrong with the hardware. I tried to restore to factory settings as well but that didn't really help either. It sucks cause I am going on a big trip on friday and i want my music...

thanks for your help...