How do you or can you resume songs from radio adapter?

Question

I have a question and a suggestion all in one. The question is how do I set up the ipod to resume imported music, i.e. songs I loaded from my computer, when I am done with the FM radio adapter. A little background, I like to listen to a radio shows in the mornings at work until 1pm. Then I like to switch to loaded music. Unfortunately, when I do this, I have to scroll through my 3000+ songs to continue where I left off the previous day( I believe this is called bookmarking? ). This becomes more and more time consuming as I get further down the song list. However, when I go from videos to songs it does bookmark where I was and I can just pickup where I left off. This is an odd issue with the ipod as the other mp3 players I have had with the FM option just automatically did this. Switch from radio to music and begin where you left off even in the middle of the song-so that was cool. Cannot do this with ipod that I know off.
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Answer 1

Grey text when you look at the content and lock symbol at the bottom of the screen simply shows that your iPod is set to "automatically update songs and playlists". If you want to access your iPod directly, play it through your iTunes, connect it to a second computer etc. you just need to change the update method to "Manually manage songs and Playlists" in the iPod preferences. Check out the links below and make the change on your own computer before you connect it to the second one:
Using iPod with Multiple computers
Managing Your Songs Manually
Some additional info: iPod 101
The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.