ITunes: Enabling Disk Use on iPod 3G with iTunes 8.2

Hi:
I have an iPod nano 3G, and just upgraded to iTunes 8.2 from 7.7.
The Features Manual says that I should be able to "enable disk use" from the iPod Summary tab in iTunes under the devices section. The Enable Disk Use option is checked, but grayed-out. Was this method of disk access changed ?
How do I go about enabling my iPod for Disk Use?
Thank you
DaleB

Are you managing your iPod manually, in other words is "Manually manage music and videos" enabled in the Summary tab? If it is then disk use is already enabled by default which is why it would be checked and greyed out.

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