Trying to manually sync my 2nd gen 4gb

I am trying to manually sync my 2nd gen 4gb so I can keep more music on my ipod than is on my itunes.
But there doesn't seem to be a manually sync option!
I've tried checking out the source pane (no go) as well as wiping everything off the ipod (also no go)
Does anyone have any suggestions or am I up a creek??

Does this article help?
How to manage the iPod content manually.

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