Used 2nd Gen. Nano keeps needing to be restored

I have the latest version of iTunes as of this morning.
I purchased a used 2nd generation Nano and when I plugged it in the only option that was available to me was the "Summary" tab in iTunes. I wasn't able to upload songs or change any settings. So I Restored the Nano, relaunched iTunes and now I am in a continuous cycle of it saying that "it has detected it in recovery mode and that it needs to be restored before it can be used."
How can I reformat this and restore it's functionality?
Thanks in Advance:)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499

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