New ipod with old itunes, do I have to unistall old ipod?

Question

I recently purchased a new iOS 8.1 ipod touch to replace my 6.6.  When installing it I told iTunes to place certain old playlists on my new ipod.  Now I'm getting new syncing errors in which it loses my place in audiobooks. Never had this happen before.
As a computer challenged old man, is there something I need to do to make this my new default player. I wonder if its resetting my files to what my old ipod had rather than resyncing it with the current position on my new ipod.

Answer 1

They are in the Audio book library and not in your Music library, right?
In iTunes on your computer in the Get Inof for the Audio Books is remember playback position checked?
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost      
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all audiobooks and resync
To delete all AudioBooks go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Manage Storage>Music and delete them
- Reset all settings                            
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:                                               
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes      
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.