Manage Songs Manually problem

I have a recently purchased Nano and it is loading and playing songs fine. I have it hooked up to a USB2 port and driver v7.1 installed. I want to manage my music manually. Following the directions I got as far as the Summary Tab. I am supposed to select "Manually manage music". Problem is - it doesn't display that selection. Nothing regarding manually doing anything. Can someone tell me where I am going wrong?

At the Summary tab, click on the Music tab and it is in there.
Patrick

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