1.76 GB of "other" capacity?

Hi,
I have nothing but music on my iPod, but "other" is using up 1.76 GB. Does anyone know what this "other" might be? Thank you.

Hello TT77,
The Other section on your iPod can be a number of things including artwork, games, files stored externally on the iPod, notes, the iPod's software itself, and often data from failed syncs with your iTunes library. To me 1.76 GB is unusually large, so I would recommend restoring your iPod via iTunes.
B-rock

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1.76 GB of "other" capacity?

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