Step by step guide to transfer songs from pc to ipod nano?

Question

I need a step by step guide to transfer songs from my pc to my ipod nano 8 gb.

Answer 1

You can ONLY use the iPod with itunes its the music organiser and loader for itunes...

The ipod is designed to work with and be the slave to itunes on the computer to which its paired.

If you do not pair a ipod to a computer you cannot alter its settings.

If you pair your ipod to a new computer it overwrites whats on it.

Simply dragging music onto an ipod does NOT make that music playable it then acts as hard disk. To make the music playable you MUST use itunes to sync with it as only itunes can put the music files in the correct file names (not the same as on the computer) in hidden folders and create the hidden indexes for them to be playable.

When you pair the ipod to a computer it erases ALL the previous library and tracks and replaces it with what the current computer want it to.

if you want to erase the ipod you select RESTORE form the ipod's tab in itunes then it re formats and re installs the ipods firmware resetting everything to default values and removing the lock (except for the touch which asks for the code to allow this)

the ipod needing a master player to sync with is NOT unique to apple Creative, Zune, Sony al have one of one sort or another.

the iPod syncs exactly what is on itunes and you can select what's synced using the ipod's tab in itunes and checking or unchecking selected songs or playlists..

Answer 2

look on apple , if not :

dowload itunes - www.apple.co.uk search it and get the latest version .

then download a song from itunes or if you have them stored somewhere drag them into your itunes library / or in the itunes library folder ( however it can go straight into the programme if you drag it )

plug in your nano

it will open with itunes

drag your music from your library to your i-pod and thats it :D