Ipod : names of files

(sorry my english langage is not so good)
is there possible to make that the name of the file (tranfered with itunes on the HD of ipod) be the name of the song and not this "incoding" name like "QEOV.m4a" ??
thanks for you reply -in "basic" english please !!! -

thanks for the concision of your response.
So....if i want to carry my mp3 files on my professionnal PC with my ipod, i have to put the files on the HD in "files mode" ? (files i can't play on ipod)
thanks to the apple... who said that the apple is me ?

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