Fear losing content on iPod if add more

My brother gave me his 3rd generation iPod as a gift. He had lots of great music on it. I want to add more music from iTunes but friends tell me if I synch with iTunes, the previously downloaded music will be lost. what can I do to keep his music but add my own? thanks!

You can change it to manual update. You can also use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7 installed hold down the Control and Alt keys (or Shift + Ctrl keys in older versions). This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes 7 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Once the iPod is safely mounted check the "manually manage music and videos" box in the iPod Summary Tab then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod

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