Syncing from a NAS drive?

I run itunes from a PC laptop, but I keep all my music on a NAS drive.
I can see the shared drive within Itunes, including all the music, and I can play the music on the laptop but it won't let me drag into onto my Ipod?
This is very frustrating! Does anyone have a solution?
THe NAS contains the music of both me and my girlfriend.

Hello katfud,
In order to enable this drag and drop functionality, you'll need to enable 'manual mode' on your iPod.
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Cheers,
Allen

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