Alphabetize Song Title Sort Order Under Genre on iPod

Here is the general idea of what I am trying to do on the iPod.  When viewing songs on the iPod, if I select Genre from the main menu, I cannot find a way to display all the song titles in a selected genre in alphabetical order.  This can be done easily with the songs in iTunes on the laptop or desktop but seemingly not in the iPod.  There is no big problem if you have only a handful of songs in any one genre but if you have several hundred songs in a particular genre and titles do not display in alphabetical order, then finding a desired song is very time consuming and necessitates scrolling through the entire list.  Is there a way to alphabetize the song title sort order within Genre on the iPod?

Get external hard drive.  Backup all your music files and wipeout iTunes from computer.   The. Reinstall and update version if necessary. The. Connect external hard drive and set hard drive folder at default in iTunes preferences.  Transfer music to library and when prompted hit automatic organizing z
.  Should take care of your problem

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