Playing Tracks from iPod Mini throught iTunes

I have an iPod nano and when i connect it to my laptop i can play music from my iPod through iTunes. However, My Father has an iPod mini and he cant play music from his iPod through iTunes when it is connected to his PC. The Tracks are faded out on the screen and u cant click on them to play them. There is also a strange lock symbol beside the Memory status bar on the bottom of the screen. Has anyone ever seen this before or know what to do if if does appear???
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Cheers Gavin.

You have to place the iPod in Manual Music Transfer in order to play music on the Ipod through the PC.

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