Video ipod being recognized as a photo ipod

Problem : I have a video ipod and in itunes when I try to transfer a video to the ipod it says it cannot be played on this ipod. When I try to edit the settings for videos for the ipod in itunes all the options are greyed out (I can't click anything). I'm assuming it's recognizing it as an older ipod, but I don't know how to fix this.
Steps I've taken:
1. Restore Ipod
2. Reinsall itunes
3. Reset Ipod
4. Restart Computer
  Windows XP Pro  

The settings are greyed out because you probably have your iPod set to manually manage your music.
If this is the case, then you need to manually manage your videos also (by Drag & Drop).
If you turn off manual updates for your audio, the video preferences will become selectable again.

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