There’ve been many how-tos in fixing your broken iPod over the years, many of which recommend you to just reset and restore the iPod in hopes that it was a software corruption. If that doesn’t fix it, ...
Like a lot of people around here I use iTunes to put music into my iPod. I've actually only been using it for about a month now, and don't use it to play music, it's pretty much just my "Put music on ...