Manually Manage Podcasts doesn't work

I set my songs to update automatically, and my podcasts are set to "Manually manage podcasts." However, when I try to drag a podcast to the iPod icon (or the iPod>Podcasts icon), the file just bounces back and doesn't get transferred. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
iMac 17" Intel Mac OS X (10.4.6) iPod with Video 30GB

I'm trying to drag individual episodes, but to no avail.
Incidentally, when I view the iPod's contents in iTunes, everything (podcasts and individual songs alike) appears grey, and are not clickable at all.

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The 5th generation is 3 months old. There will be some issues that no one will know the solutions for. Then it's time to contact Apple Tech support. I hope you took advantage of iPod's Apple Care.
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