AUTOMATIC SYNC won't accept iPod RATINGS into iTunes

I'm a newer Ipod Classic 80gb user. I have iTunes set to automatically sync. When i rate a song on the iPod, then connect it to the PC it brings up iTunes and begins to sync. After a minute or so syncing is complete, yet the song is not rated. In fact when i eject the iPod and find the same song it is now unrated as it was originally in iTunes. It would appear that Automatic Sync is transferring iTunes settings to the iPod. Why is Automatic Syncing not transferring my iPod ratings into iTunes? How do i get iTunes to accept the ratings i make in the iPod? Are song ratings lost when the iPod battery charge expires?

jbg26 wrote:
I'm a newer Ipod Classic 80gb user. I have iTunes set to automatically sync. Why is Automatic Syncing not transferring my iPod ratings into iTunes?
I don't know. But to confirm, that is the way it is SUPPOSED to work, where ratings assigned on the iPod should be synced back into your library. It certainly works well for me on my older 5th generation iPod.
Perhaps you might want to go through the semi-painful (in that it can take a while to sync a large library back to the iPod) process of doing a RESTORE on the iPod and see if that helps?
jbg26 wrote:
Are song ratings lost when the iPod battery charge expires?
No they shouldn't as that info I believe is written in files kept on the iPod's hard drive.
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