Should it take this long to sync my Nano for the first time? Nine hours and counting!!!

New Nano. Installed itunes on my laptop...moved all my music into the library. Checked the songs I want on my and chose to sync the lower 128kbps for syncing. Started this sync over nine hours ago and am a little over halway done syncing the 8.6gb of audio. Should it take this long? Is this what I can expect everytime I sync my ipod?

No you shouldn't expect this everytime you sync your Nano. The conversion process to 128 kpbs AAC option may be the cause of the issue. However, they should now be already converted, so the next time you sync your iPod, it should only take a fraction of the amount of time it has this first time.
In short, no need to worry.
B-rock

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Should it take this long to sync my Nano for the first time? Nine hours and counting!!!

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