OK to affiliate to a Mac and then later to a PC?

I bought my father a 5th gen video iPod. He uses a PC. He has a long drive home and so I would like to put some music on his iPod from my Mac. Then he can overwrite it when he connects it to his PC and uploads his own music. Will I create any problems for the brand new iPod by first connecting it to a Mac and then later to a PC?

David,
If you format the iPod for a Mac it cannot be used on a PC. A Mac can read a Windows formatted iPod but Windows can't read the Mac formatting.
You can tell what the format is by switching on the iPod and going to Settings>About, if you see a serial number then it's Mac formatted.

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