Nano not updating music properly

I had my new nano set to sync automatically which on my 2nd gen nano, would mean it would only update songs that were checked. this new nano is ignoring the check marks and is loading all of my music.
I've just checked 'manually update" but now i'm not sure what that is going to involve...now i have to unclick everything and start again?
any other way to deal with this?
thanks

*this new nano is ignoring the check marks and is loading all of my music.*
Have you got "sync only checked songs and videos" enabled in the iPod Summary tab? Unchecking the song in iTunes isn't enough.
*I've just checked 'manually update" but now i'm not sure what that is going to involve.*
When you use that setting you have to drag and drop anything you want on the iPod from the iTunes library, it won't be added automatically: Syncing Music to iPod
Something else to be aware of when using an iPod in manual mode is that the "Do Not Disconnect" message will remain on the display until you physically eject the device: Safely Disconnect IPod
Another way to sync music to an iPod that avoids the complications that unchecking brings is to use the option "Sync Music - Selected playlists". Syncing selected playlists is just like syncing your whole library only on a smaller scale and more "selectively". When your iPod is is set to sync selected playlists it automatically picks up any changes you made to that playlist in iTunes since you last connected. Anything you added to the playlist will be added to the iPod, anything you deleted from it will be deleted from the iPod. In other words the iTunes playlist and the iPod are kept "in sync".
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -My iPod for example (the dash will position it at the top of the playlists in Sources). You can make it a smart playlist that picks the songs for you or just a normal one and drag whatever content you want to have into the playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano. Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Syncing Music to iPod
To make a random playlist go to File>New Smart Playlist.
Uncheck "Match the following rule"
Check "Limit to" put "3700" in the number box, choose "MB" from the first list box, choose "Random" from the next list box. Check "Live Updating"
When you want to change the selection in the smart playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection. When you want to change the normal playlist just delete out what you don't want and drag in a new selection.

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