More than 1 ipod only one computer

Hi there, can someone please explain in easy lingo,,,
I have an ipod mini, works great, itunes working great also on my PC.
I have purchased an ipod nano for my lucky husband, and need to know what to do to get it to connect to my itunes.
Can I just plug it in, and my itunes will find it and update it will all selected songs? or do i have to install it first.
Hopefully
Dippy

Dippy,
This forum is for questions/feedback related to the forums themselves. Please refer to the iPod forums for iPod issues in the future. Also, please use the forums search feature. Your issue has been covered (over there) many times.
Anyway, have you read this;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432
CHeers!
-Bryan

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