Genius on IPOD/Itunes??!!!

Dear Itunes/IPOD Nano 6G users,
3 days ago i bought a IPOD nano 6G 16gb, and it was going excellent and im loving it more and more everyday.
I noticed the genius mixes was in the IPOD just today, and when i was playing the song and i pressed the genius icon it said:
"Connect to Itunes to activate Genius"
So i connected the Ipod to the computer and it showed on Itunes, like always, then i pressed on genius in the left and it had turn on genius, so i pressed it and was completing surveys until i went to a step where it required money, so i didnt continue.
Then i realized before pressing "Turn On Genius" it said:
"To make a genius playlist go to a song in your library and press on genius in the bottom".
So i did as following, but the genius icon didnt work, when i press on it nothing happens, even with the playlist connected.
Please i need help on 3 things:
1- How to make a genius playlist(without using money if thats possible).
2- Sync Genius playlist into my IPoD NANO Touch
3- Making the genius icon in the song controls IN THE IPOD work and actually create for me a playlist.

Not that I am aware of. You can set up an iTunes App Store account with None for payment information, you could try that route:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534

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Hi flapjaxx
I had the exact same problem as you seeing as I keep all my music on an external hardrive and not on my pc. However, I've found a way around it.
Basically, just put all your music back into your itunes library and activate genius, then connect your ipod and untick "manually manage music". Sync your ipod with your itunes once and then your ipod should be able to use genius. Once this is done you can just tick "manually manage music" again and delete all the music back off of your computer. I would assume that if you added anymore music to your ipod though, you would have to repeat the process to include those new tracks in the genius listing.
This process worked for me so it should be fine for you too, to be safe I created a genius playlist on itunes and synced it with my ipod first before I ticked "manually manage music" again.
If you dont have your music collection anywhere but on your ipod then all you need to do is plug your ipod into your computer, access the hard drive from "my computer" go to folder and search options and select "show hidden files and folders" you should then get a folder called "ipod control" showing up. In here there will be another folder called "music" which will have all the tracks and movies off your ipod but they will be listed in random folders named f01, f02 e.t.c and the files themselves will be listed like "NVXC" and similar variations. All you need to do is drag the whole "music" folder into your itunes library and it will sort out all the videos and music for you. This is for pc though, im not sure how you would do this on a mac...
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