help with ipod library

[Anjana]

last night i was trying to put songs on my new ipod. i put in a cd and clicke.d on import which transferred the song all to the library. then the songs were transferred to the ipod. after that, i deleted all the songs in the library because i didn't want to use up space on the computer for songs (i wasn't u my computer). but doing this, deletes them from the ipod as well. is there any way to prevent this from happening?

i want to make playlists as well but the same thing happened when i tried to delete them. i don't want to save the songs to the computer, just get them in the ipod. so how do i do this? tha nks in advance and sorry for any confusion.....this is all pretty new to me.

[honeybee1236]

Welcome to the lounge. You can set the ipod to "manually manage songs and playlists" by:
-connecting the ipod to the computer and itunes
-right click on the ipod icon
-select "ipod options"
-select manually manage songs
-click 'ok' to close

You can now manage the songs and playlists by drag-n-drop method. You can also create playlists on the ipod itself by highlighting the icon and selecting either:
-file>smart playlists or
-the (+) to make a standard playlist.