Manually mangae music / video

i changed my settings to manual so i can download some movies from another itunes library but when i connect to my friends laptop in my summary i have no boxes checked where it says auto sync or manually manage etc ... and when i check manaul and try to apply it , it still says do i want to erase my library and sync with this new library ... i've done this with multiple ipods with no problem , any ideas what this problem might be ?? any info helps thx

There is no problem. This is how iphone works.
You can sync to ONE itunes library at a time. Yes, even with manually manage music.

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    LoudspeakerMusic wrote:
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