Putting songs on both an mp3 and ipod

im sure this has been asked hundreds of times but im new so sorry if this is repeatitive but.. I have itunes and an ipod nano first generation and mydad has a simple mp3 player. my issue is the fact that my dad downloads songs from itunes also and i don't now how to seperate his musci from mine.. any one help me would be greatly arreciated.
thankz

iTunes for Windows is only compatible with the iPod/iPhone range and the iTunes enabled phones from Motorola. You need to check out the manual for your Dad's player to see what method it uses to import songs. Most will have their own management software and many just operate as simple USB devices and you can drag tracks from the iTunes Music folder rather than through the iTunes interface. Also remember that many generic players will not work with AAC (MP4) format at present so if you imported anything from CD into iTunes using the AAc encoder then they will need to be converted to MP3. If you have any standard iTunes Store purchased songs they will be protected AAC and you can't convert those, you can only burn them to Audio CD which you can play on other devices.

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Putting songs on both an mp3 and ipod

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