Okay, first let me just say, just because I was listening to the old era of bubblegum music, I got no bubblegum in the machine (smile). Now, seriously, I was listning to a folder having this type of music in it. Out of nowhere, the MP3 player just stopped playing. I thought at first I might have gotten it on pause so pressed the up arrow to unpause it, still nothing so I pressed the select key. When I couldn't get it to talk or play, I shut it down but it just clicked, it didn't even say "shutting down." When I turned it on, it noted bookmarks so I continued on choosing my music files and went back into that folder but it still would not talk when I pressed a song to play. I again shut down with no audio telling me it was shutting down. Next, I decided to try a different music folder but when I got to the songs, same problem and I again shut it down. I finally used reset on the machine and all seems fine/normal now but that was just a weird experience I hadn't yet encountered while using the player. Just wondering if this has ever occurred with anyone else or perhaps a suggestion why that might have happened. Thanks. Linda Webb