IPod 1.3 wrongly says I'm connected to another library?

Don't know what iPod I have - it's version 1.3 30 GB. Anyway, I can't add new music from iTunes to Ipod because it warns me I'm connected to another library and it will erase everything on it and replace with - what?
I have 2 libraries - the regular one on my Mac HD drive, and another one an old copy on an external drive which is not active when I try to sync my iPod. I don't use that one, maybe I should get rid of it. I tried to use Tune Ranger a few times but not sure if that screwed things up. Don't quite know how to use the Tune ranger, maybe I should get rid of it. I checked my iTunes preferences and it lists the usual library I have been using: Mac HD:users:my name:music:iTunes library:
Any suggestions?

Not sure how or why that happened, but I'm not sure there is a way around this exactly, other than to simply restore the iPod, which will re-associate the IPod with your iTunes library.
This has happened to users who upgrade iTunes on occasion.
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