ITunes questions...so confused.

I have an Ipod Nano-4 gig. When I plug it in to my mac and open itunes, I get this information:
Capacity: 3.72 GB
Version: 1.1.3 (updated, I know that much)
and on the bottom, the little blue/orange thingie.. it says that I have 497.2 MB of Audio (which is true, I only have 84 songs on it right now), 2.99 GB of Other and only 257.5 of Free Space.
I am specifically questioning the "Other" part. I do NOT have any pod casts, audio books, everything I could possible disable on the ipod has been (no games, album artwork, etc...). I have nothing but music. I can find nothing on my ipod that indicates what this "other" is and why it is taking up 2.99 gigs.
Please speak to me as though I am inept(which I am not, but this is driving me up a wall) and explain to me how I find this "other" and get rid of it so I can put some music on this thing. All I want is music and nothing else.
I appreciate any help. Thanks.
Toni

There could be any number of things causing this. I'd suggest Restoring your iPod and putting the music back on. A Restore should wipe your iPod completely and re-install the required software.
To restore your iPod plug the iPod into your computer, open iTunes in the iPod screen (the one you described with the bar on the bottom) there should be a restore button. Click that and iTunes will do the rest.

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