New car stereos intimidate the bejeezus out of me. I remember back in "the day" laying upside down under the dashboard and slapping in a standard (DIN sized) radio with two knobs and some push-buttons and a cassette deck. I somehow lost that agility over the last 35 - years or so.
The last aftermarket radio I dealt with was having a Sony CD player installed (by Circuit City) in my 2004 Hyundai Elantra mainly because I wanted an "aux" port which, at that time, wasn't standard equipment in most cars.
I sill prefer simplicity. Some of these new cars and aftermarket radio scare me.
So, when we went looking to replace my 2004, the radio was a main source of interest. That, and having a spare tire (long story)
Everything seems to be touch screen nowadays and that scared the tootsie rolls out of me so I looked carefully, particularly since everything seems to go through the "information/entertainment center" nowadays. Like said, I like simplicity.
I got lucky. My 2017 Hyundai Sonata SE strikes the right balance. That model level has a 7" touch screen which controls the radio and also has Apple Play so I can use my Iphone's GPS and Pandora. As an added benefit it also has a back up camera and allows me to play a memory stick with tons of music directly, Oh, it also has an "Aux" port which seems redundant what with the USB port.
And, best of all, the radio display is logically laid out and easy to navigate. So much so that I don't miss the old fashioned.
And, volume is controlled by an old fashioned knob under it, along with the seek/scan buttons and next to the simple to operate stand alone air conditioner. It's not part of the central computer functions, thankfully. Oh, it also has steering wheel controls but every car has that nowadays.