Please help my ipod nano wont play my playlist

Someone please help!! i just got my ipod nano for christmas in `07 and my XP wouldnt recognize my ipod. So i downloaded songs that i already had on my XP to a CD and put thoose on my brothers computer which did recognize my ipod. Then i added the playlist to my ipod and when i tried selecting my ipod nothing happened. Please help!!! i really want to be able to listen to my ipod.

Did you use iTunes to load the music? If you didn't, you need to.

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Congrats, for your nano! Not for its problems, I mean!
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First, make sure the "hold" switch isn't on. The hold switch is located on the top of your iPod. If it's orange, then that means it's on. If it's grey, it's not on. Switch it off (grey) if it was on (orange).
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Hey, could someone pleasehelp me.
I received an Ipod Nano for christmas and ive put my songs on it but when i go to play them i press play and it flicks through all the songs in the play list without playing them!
Even if there is onli one song in the playlist then it wil just stop after like a second.
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i havent dropped it.
please please please help!!!
thankyou!!!!
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