My preferences are sticking

I've been messing around for 2 days trying to organize my tunes. I keep setting the preferences to manual, then deleting the songs from my nano, and then wait for the message that OK to disconnect. I eject the Ipod, check the playlist and the songs are still there. Then I plug in and it goes back to automatic update.
I don't want to delete from my library, just the nano. What is wrong?
Thanks

hiya!
hmmmm. it's possible that the itunes "ipod" preferences that are stored on the nano have been compromised in some way.
it might be worth trying a restore to see if this will fix the issue. (this will also wipe all songs from the nano.)
Restoring iPod to factory settings
love, b

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