Viewing songs in Ipod from ITunes screen

Hi. I have never had a problem viewing the songs on my Ipod after plugging it in...it just came right up...until now when I updated my iTunes and Ipod from a version 1.1.1 to a 1.3. Now when I try and view what's on my Ipod from my ITunes screen: I click on my Ipod from the ITunes screen, then a screen with tabs such as Summary, Music, Movies, etc... comes up. I then click on Music and I am not able to click on anything. I tried clicking on recently added - nothing. At the top of this tab is a check box next to Sync (which I do not want to do). Any suggestions about how I can view the songs on my Ipod like I used to be able to do? Thanks

Next to the name of the iPod in the source pane should be a grey triangle. if you click on that, you should then see your list of playlists, etc.

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