A few technical questions

Question

Ok, I just got my 5Gen 30 Gig today, and I had a few questions.
1) I had to update some of the names of the songs, because they wouldnt show up under the artist's name. I updated the names, the songs I fixed went back to the proper artist name. I then plugged the iPod back in, and it synched, but when I looked under the artists names to see if it had updated, it hadnt. Example, I know I have 5 songs by a certain artist, but when I look up the artist's name on the iPod, it says only 3. I'm just curious as to how to get it to do that.
2) I have it set to shuffle. Is there a way to have all songs show up, so if a song is on I don't want to listen to, but there's one that's a few songs up on the list, that I can go to that one without having to skip to the artist and going that way?
3) Is there a way to get iTunes to show a screen that shows all the songs the iPod, so I can delete one of the iPod if I choose?

Answer 1

1) See: Some songs don't don't show under artist on my iPod.
2) Shuffle is a random selection. There's no "list" as such to show you what will play next. If you don't like the song that's selected simply click the ff once to advance to the next song.
3) When your ipod is connected, click on "music" to see a listing of the songs on the iPod.
If you have the iPod set to automatically transfer songs, and you no longer want a copy of those songs on either the iPod or in iTunes, simply delete the songs in iTunes. Highlight the songs you no longer want then right click and select "clear", or from the edit menu select "clear". Next time you connect the iPod, the songs will be deleted from there also.
Only do this if you no longer want the songs on both the iPod and your computer.
You can also use the "only update checked songs" method in the iPod options (right click on the iPod in the source list in iTunes and select options, then select "only update checked songs"). With this preference checked, you can remove the check mark from the songs in iTunes that you no longer want on the iPod. The next time you connect the iPod, those unchecked songs will be removed from the iPod whilst still being retained in iTunes. You can check and uncheck songs as you change your mind about what songs you want to put on the iPod. Songs that have no check mark against them will be skipped over when played back in iTunes.
If you have the iPod set to manually manage your songs, and you want to delete the song from the iPod only, then select the iPod in the source list of iTunes, or click on the "music" option underneath it to show all your songs. Highlight the song(s) you no longer want on the iPod, right click and select "clear", or use the edit menu as previously mentioned.
This method only deletes the songs from the iPod, so if you no longer want the song in iTunes also, you'll need to delete it from there separately using the method above.
If you are using iTunes version 7 or later, all these settings can be found in the summary screen.