Ejecting IPod Nano

HI. Anyone know how to eject a new IPod Nano without getting an error message? Even after I took off all the music I had put on it, I still got the message,
"The iPod cannot be ejected because it contains files that are in use by another application." How can it contain files that are in use elsewhere if I took all the files off of it? !!! I'm ready to take it back to the store. I am a longtime faithful user of Apple products and have never before encountered something so maddening.

Try to Turn Off Disk Mode by connecting your iPod with Computer in which iTunes is installed and then select your iPod and under the Summary Tab uncheck the option Use in Disk Mode and see if you get the problem.

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