I can't put songs onto my new iPod Nano

I previously had a 30G iPod but replaced it with an 8G nano and now I can't put any songs from iTunes onto my new iPod. I have over 10G in my library and thought it would be as easy as clicking a button to deselect all songs and then selecting only the ones I now want to add into my iPod.
When I attach the nano to a USB, I get a welcome message saying I can do 1 of 2 things and then I hit "continue" then this message comes up that iTunes is accessing the store and that doesn't go away.
I am not sure what to do...Please help!

Hey there Shea 9! I'd recommend taking a look at the following article
The New User's Guide to iPod Nano I linked you directly to step 3 to fill your iTunes and iPod with music.
If you have any other problems try and be a little more specific as to what you are trying to do or what kind of error message you get.

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Hey gotfaith,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities! There's an article that addressed that exact error message on iPod nanos. Check out the article here, go through the troubleshooting steps, and it should resolve your issue:
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Ok so i got a new ipod and now i can't put songs on the new one

so you see i have a shuffle and i sold that one and now i got a nano and i am unable to put songs onto it when every i grab a song to put onto my nano it doesn't light up and i've tried everything to attempt to put songs onto it but it all just brings me right bcak to where i am. anyone have this problem and know how to fix it or anyone have any ideas on how i might be able to fix this problem. i have restarted, reinstalled, uninstall and reinstall again nothing seems to be working.....please help me however you can i will love any help i can get at the moment i have in withdrawl from my ipod...haha...and i would love it my brand new ipod nano would be nice and work for me so i don't have to go kung-foo on it and possibly do something i might regret teehee well please ****
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hello Mr Bond!
apologies for the late reply ... during the early weeks of the 5.0x launches, my email went down and i wasn't getting any notification of replies to my posts. at that stage, i was pretty much trapped in "Installations & Upgrades" so i couldn't get out to my other favorite forums to check for replies to any of my posts ... i'm currently working through a backlog of 500 unanswered email notifications, saw your post, and decided to take the opportunity to have a chat.
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The iPod nano does not support video. The processor is not strong enough, along with other things.
Also, do not try iPod Linux, even though you might hear that its awesome.
1. Even iPod Linux does not support iPod nano downloads.
2. Voids any Warranty you have on yoru iPod.
3. Not unusual for it to leave your iPod as a large domino, and with no warranty, you're out of luck.
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