Sync Problem with new iPod

I am new to the iPod world, and just got my hands on an 80gig iPod video. I love it. I own a MacBook Pro 2.0, and I have iTunes 7. Now that I have told you this basic info, this is the problem I am having.
The iPod sync's sucessfully when I first connect the iPod while in iTunes 7, but after the 1st sync, lets say I download some new songs, import some new songs, or whatever, and I go to sync the iPod, it just say's "Waiting on iPod", and eventually times out. Then I unplug the iPod, plug it back in, and it sync's up all the new stuff. I would rather have it just sync up without having to dissconnect and re-connect it, but it will not. Any suggestions?
Zach

I can't help you, but I'm having a similar problem, and hopefully someone can help us both!
I bought a new 80 GB iPod and updated to iTunes 7 (from 6). The first time I connected, all the songs copied over automatically, which was fine.
However, when I later tried to disable automatic sync - which is my personal preference, because I don't want all the songs in my library on my iPod - ALL the songs I had copied to my iPod were erased, and all the settings (backlight, click wheel, etc.) on my iPod were restored to the factory defaults!
Furthermore, when I connected my iPod (before I turned off sync) for the second time, anytime I would click on "library," any playlist, the iPod eject button, or ANY button other than in the iPod menu, iTunes would crash immediately - and there would be no error message!
Someone help us! (this is all on a G5 with 10.4.1 btw)

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