Just bought a nano 7th gen, itunes won't load existing music library onto it

I Just bought an a Nano 7th gen, printed off the pnline maual and still can't get it to load my existing library onto to it. I tried reseting the nano and changing computer ports but it still won't load. What do I do ???

Hey there Ellens1,
It sounds like you are trying to sync your music to your iPod Nano but something is preventing the sync. If you are using the the following process to sync the content:
iTunes: Syncing media content to iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1351
I would next use the following troubleshooting in the following article to help resolve the issue:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodnano/assistant/itunes/
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

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