Using only selected playlists

I use the auto-sync feature of iTunes and I recently tried going from 'Sync all songs and playlists' to 'selected playlists.' To my dismay, this erased everything that was not on the playlists. Is there a way to sync only the music in my library and not the playlists?

*Is there a way to sync only the music in my library and not the playlists?*
No.
You could create one playlist with everything in it and sync that.
Or you could delete all your playlist.
Is there some reason you don't want the playlists on your iPod?

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