The last couple of days I put 30GB of MP3 on my player (M2a) and set a lot of Wendy flags. When I started using the player again I noticed there are a lot of "hicks"' in the files (about every 10 seconds or so, irregular). It sounds like I am using bad rips. However,
- the files where fine before (also on the Empeg) and play fine on my computer
-all files are affected on the Empeg
-it only seems to be in the left channel (I noticed when looking at the VU meter visual, and it also sounds like that)

When I hook up Hyperterminal I get an error message (I think) that says:

! mp3_decoder.cpp :1049:Failed to find valid sync after seeking to offset 3190
959, error=0xc0044000

I did it again a lot of times and now I get the same, only a different offset each time:
! mp3_decoder.cpp :1049:Failed to find valid sync after seeking to offset 1021
548, error=0xc0044000


I am using 2b13 and Hijack 302. I flashed both again with new, good files, but that did not help. Also Hijack 299 does not make a difference. I also did a hardware test (with cntr-T) in Hyperterminal, but the tests show the hardware is fine. The empeg with the same software before I did all the uploading worked fine (already contained most of the files before the re-build, the main difference are the Wendy flags)

So, what is wrong? Is my hardware broken, a bug in the software, or did I do something wrong?

Please help me since I am getting very nervous.