IPOD NANO USB to a stereo

Hi all,
This may be a stupid question, but I have a 1Gb Nano and I have just bought a new hifi micro system with a USB port. I plugged the nano into the USB and the system said that there were no music files on my IPOD. I plugged the IPOD back into my PC and found the music is all hidden. To make sure the hifi works, I plugged my PSP into the USB port and it played an MP3 straight away.
If I unhide the music on my PC, as soon as I disconnect the IPOD from my PC then reconnect, it is hidden again.
I think my problem is that the IPOD nano hides its music by default and the hifi cant find it.
Does anyone know who to turn off this security system to allow me to use the IPOD with my Stereo?

Enable disk mode on the iPod, and then drag song files to the iPod in the My Computer window; you can also move songs onto a folder on the iPod this way. The exact location you put the songs should be the same place as the songs are located on the PSP. Songs placed onto an iPod through this method will not be recognized as songs by the iPod when it isn't plugged in to another device.
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