Using Ipod on somebody else's computer

I over at my cousin, and I was wondering if I can use my Ipod with video on his computer and his Itunes. I want to put some music I bought on it, but I'm afraid I'll lose all my music I got on my Ipod. On my Itunes I have it on manually manage music. Thanks.

If your iPod is set to manual update it can be used on more than one computer:Using iPod with Multiple computers

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