Changing options on Ipod that is connected to ITunes

Question

When you plug in your ipod to update, a screen comes up with tabs. They are: Summary, Music, Podcasts, Photos, Contacts.
How do you change your options on the Summary page and the music page? You can't because the selections are greyed out and you can't choose them. I want to change from manually managing to syncing only checked items and only in a specfic folder. I cannot delete songs off my ipod either. Itunes 7 isn't very good. I think they should have worked on it more, descovered the problems the "normal" users would have BEFORE launching it.
Can anyone help me or tell me how to change the options?
Thanks!

Answer 1

So far there's no way to sync only checked files UNLESS you let iTunes auto-sync everything. Unlike previous versions of iTunes, you cannot stay in manual mode and also sync only checked items on command. It's frustrating and senseless. Now I have to walk around with 25-30 podcasts on my iPod instead of only the three or four I want to listen to that day in the order I want to hear them.
The Podcast playlist on the iPod is useless now since it contains dozens of shows in crazy order. Here's one way to make podcast listening more manageable. Make a smart playlist on the iPod with the following settings. You could name it !Podcasts so it will appear at the top of the iPod.
Podcast : is true
[X] Match only checked items
Now go to the ordinary Podcast playlist on the Ipod, and checkmark the shows you plan to listen to next. They will appear automatically in your new !Podcast playlist.
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