NANO WON'T STORE ANYWHERE NEAR 500 SONGS

MY NANO SHOWS THAT IT HAS 171 SONGS ON IT, (691.3 MB). ON I-TUNES IT SHOWS THAT I HAVE USED 1.75 GB AND ONLY HAVE 72.3 MB LEFT FREE. WHERE DID ALL THE REST OF MY 2 GIG MEMORY GO. I ALSO DON'T HAVE ANY PHOTOS ON THE NANO AND HAVEN'T PUT ON ANY OTHER IFORMATION OR DATA ON THE NANO.

Hi dannyj,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
If it's full then the problem is with the conversion bit rate used when loading the CD into iTunes.
Convert
iTunes gives you the ability to convert music files from one file format to another. You can also convert a file to the same format, but use different options. For example, you can convert some high-bitrate MP3 files to a lower bitrate to fit more of them on an MP3 CD. Note that music purchased from the iTunes Music Store can't be converted.
Search iTunes help for Convert to find instructions on how to change the bit rate to a lower setting.
Full instructions from Apple here iTunes: About the Add to Library, Import, and Convert functions
Regards
Colin R.
ps Can I ask you not to post in ALL CAPITALS - It's not easy to read and is also considered to be the equivalent of shouting on the Forums.

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