Shuffle 2G - How to rate songs?

Shuffle is a great way to explore a large music library since i have to admit that I haven't listened to hardly half of all the songs i have.
So now and then I listen to a cool song played by the shuffle on the go but i can't rate it. So i thought i connect the shuffle to iTunes and then while being able to see all the songs on it - i simply play through the lot. But iTunes wouldn't let me play the songs while connected with the iMac. All I can do is click on Ping. I tried to create a playlist from the songs on the shuffle but i can't do that either.
There must be a work-a-round.. Looking forward for some ideas!
Thank you.

You can't rate songs directly on the Nano. As for your other issue, it sounds like you are trying to manually manage the iPod's contents. In that case, you need to enable the manually manage music button from under the Shuffle's Summary tab in iTunes.
See the appropriate section in this Apple support document for more information.
Syncing music to iPod Shuffle
B-rock

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clawnscratch wrote:
Shows the following information:
Kind: AAC audio file
Size: 3.3 MB ............ (varies per song)
Bit Rate: 128kbps
Sample Rate: 44.100 kHz
Does any of this mean mean anything regarding the problem?
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malus_domestica wrote:
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So, I am wondering why iTunes uses only 8% of the processor power in converting the songs.
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