IPod lock in iTunes

Hello,
I've bought me an iPod nano but I'm having the problem that I can not upload any songs to it. The only songs I can put on it are songs that iTunes has choosen. When I go to my iPod in iTunes, I see this lock next to how much disk space I have left.
Can anyone help me with this?

Your facing 2 different issues.
1) All newly bought ipods are set to "Auto Update ALL". When your library is bigger than your ipod tho iTUnes changes this to "Auto Update select" and creates its own playlist that will fit on the ipod. What you have to do is goto edit>preferences>ipod and UNCHECK that playlist and select the one you want on it OR set the ipod to "Manual update"
2) When the ipod is set to one of the "Auto Update" settings it "Locks Off" the ipod from windows and you see a lock on it in iTUnes. If you set it to "Manual update" this lock is no longer and you have full access to your songs on the ipod in iTUnes
Since your new to all this you need to goto the "iPod 101" lessons to learn all the ropes of your new ipod and itunes here http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/

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