Thank-you...
I did the "Tools->Options->Handheld" and selected conversion to MP3 extreme VBR. It transferred all the files to the iPOD, however, they don't show up on the display of the iPOD. Also, when I go to the iPod, it always seems to be stuck in the "do not disconnect" mode when attached to the computer, regardless of what is going on... it is always in that mode when connected via the USB 2.0 cable. Further, now when I go to iTunes (do I need that software for anything other than if I wanted to convert to ALAC lossless?) iTunes says it can "no longer read the contents of the iPOD". I had that happen before but there are two separate problems: the iPOD says do not disconnect all the time it is connected. Secondly, I can't get the iPOD to recognize the MP3 files... ?