Itunes sync music to ipod but music not visible in ipod once disconnected

Hi,
my ipod nano refuses to show any songs I've synchronized.
it all started last week, I connected the nano to charge the battery and change my music selection.
Itunes (v 8.1 (50)) told me something like it had to erase the ipod for some reasons. I didn't care, all music in on itunes anyway so I did it.
I click on the Ipod device.
On the summary tab, I have the "sync only checked songs and videos" (and "manually manage music and videos" is unchecked)
I click the "apply" button
then I add some playlists (from the music tab), select a few playlists
I can see the sync happening, it tooks a few minutes and I saw all the audio files being copied over until I see "iPod sync is complete"
the capacity now shows 2 gb for audio
I disconnected the ipod and browse my music but the ipod says there is no audio at all.
I reconnect the ipod to the imac, I browse the music from the device in itunes and I see that all music is greyed out.
In the summary tab of the ipod, I uncheck "sync only checked songs and videos" and check "manually manage music and videos" and click apply
songs are not greyed out anymore in itunes but when I disconnect the ipod I still can't see any music on the ipod.
I bet this has to do with the itunes update I installed a week ago.
I only use my ipod with my imac, no other computer and it was always working fine until last week.
What is going on? Can anyone help?

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