Transfer music without losing all

I need help. I am a new user of iPod+iTunes and I do not find how to copy music to my iPod without losing what is already inside: I want to copy without "synchronising" because I do not want to let all my music on iTunes, and if I "synchronise", I loose what is already on my iPod when it doe's not ppear anymore on iTunes files (my computer does not have 160 availble Go and I know that one day I will have more things inside my iPod than inside my computer).
I hope that my question is clear, I am not a native english speaker and I am not yet familiar with those subjects...
thank yuo for your help!

You have to change a setting on the ipod to "manually manage music" which will allow you to add/remove songs, movies, tv shows, etc. without having to erase all of the ipod contents every time you sync. When the ipod is connected, select it from the Devices menu on the left of iTunes. Then, click the Summary tab at the top of the main screen. At the bottom where it says Options, click "Manually manage music and videos" and you're all set. Press the sync button to confirm all setting changes and you're ready to go...

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