Do not disconnect still reads on my nano

I've just got my nano. I've put music onto itunes then onto my nano, but after quite a while - my nano still reads 'do not disconnect'. when I selected 'eject ipod' it came up saying unable to disconnect because it contains files tat are being used in another application. does this mean that music is still being downloaded due to maybe my usb port not being the required 2 size or something?

It's quite a common error, just reset the iPod by holding down the menu/select buttons until you see the Apple logo, then disconnect it.
Incidentally, if you have your iPod set to automatically sync with iTunes, right click on the iPod in iTunes, select options and if you have a check mark in the box marked “enable disk use”, remove it and your iPod should automatically disconnect after it’s finished transferring music.

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Hello!
Try this:
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~~Kylene

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hey guys, got another problem with my nano.
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showed on my computer : unsafely disconnected mass storage
device (or the nano).
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The way to safetly disconnect your iPod is by ejecting it from iTunes. If your iPod isn't showing up in the source list in iTunes, click here to learn more. If it does show up in iTunes, skip that link.
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here is a link to more detail on jeff's suggestion
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
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