Frustrating problems connecting

OK....so I bought a Nano.
Not for me but my girlfriend as an early Christmas present
Trouble is her Notebook (Notebook G4 to be precise) will not recognise it. The wrong iTunes version was on the disc supplied so I had to d/l the latest version and put that on. Trouble is iTunes will not recognise the iPod so she cant put any files on there.
Also should iTunes auto start when the iPod is connected?
Anyone know anything about iPods and wanna help an Apple thickie out?
(Yes I am a PC man so if you need any more info on OS version or anything please tell me how to find it out )

hollo
im from the republic of ozbakistan we do have many probs with the nano,i bought mine from the local market orther day from the butcher,
I have tried to install itunes 5.2 but my nano does not connect to it so i no how you feel ,,,
a few tips.....
1)make sure the nano is connected to the mac with the cable supplied..
2)makesure you have sufficiant power supply to the mac,put extra fuel in the generator.
3)finally you have to install itunes on ur mac
good luck from ozbeck.

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