Used iPod Touch just purchased - how do I delete her old songs/videos?

My son had an iPod nano [stolen] - and had an existing library of about 160 songs in iTunes. We just purchased a used Touch from a friend. When we plug it in, Itunes still has his "music library" but her name [Tiffany] comes up in DEVICES and when we click devices, it shows the bar meter as having her songs/videos in there still. How do we delete her data out, so we can load (only) my son's songs? Note that her LIBRARY (aka list of songs) doesn't show in iTunes, so we can't just click and delete them manually. He can, however, play her songs through the Touch...but he doesn't like the music and wants it gone.

Hi,
It should (I think) be a simple matter of restoring and then synching in iTunes, this wil remove anything on the iPod that is not in your library. You can find "Restore" on the summary page when the Touch is attached.
If needs be, you can change the device name by clicking on said name in the right hand pannel.
Dud.
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