Itunes song list is dimmed

for some reason the song list on my ipod when i have the ipod highlighted in itunes is dimmed and i cannot click on any of the individual songs. does anyone know how i could fix this?
thanks
Sony Vaio Windows XP

It's because you have the iPod set to automatic transfer.
Change to manual transfer, the songs will be bold and selectable.

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