Displaying artwork on 80g iPod w/video

I have assigned artwork to several tracks on my iPod through iTunes. The artwork shows up only in iTunes, never on my iPod screen.
Is there a setting or something I can do to fix this?
Thanks,
Scott

You must add artwork to the songs in iTunes first, not directly to the songs on the iPod (through iTunes).
If you add artwork directly to the iPod, the artwork is not displayed when playing songs.

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