At 11:57 AM 4/10/2008, Mike Elliott wrote...
>What I'd really like is a radio with a volume knob, a tuner knob, five
>programmable push buttons (those of you who drove cars in the 50's or
>60's
>see what I'm getting at) for my fave-o-rite stations, an iPod bay w/
>remote, and that darn remote needs to have a power off button to shut
>the
>stupid radio off once I'm in bed.

Check out the Panasonic CQ-C5303U I mentioned earlier. Volume knob?
Check (also a handy mute button nearby, programmable to either
attenuate or mute). Power off w/remote? Check (you can even toggle the
"off" display between completely off and clock display from the
remote). Station presets? Check (6 per band; 3 FM, 1 AM, even has an
Automatic Programming button - hold and it will program the 6 presets
to the strongest received stations in the current band, handy when
travelling).

Doesn't have a knob for station tuning, but the buttons are in a
knob-like arrangement so they're easy to locate (look at a picture and
you'll understand), left/right for tune down/up, press to step, hold to
seek.

The CD player will handle CD-RW discs, and MP3 files. The faceplate is
removable, if you need that. Has an aux line-in (RCA jacks), separate
from the iPod input. 3 band parametric equalizer with 6 programmable
presets. Dimmable display

It will display track number/time/artist/title/album (toggle between
them) when playing the iPod.

You can also turn off all the moving, distracting graphics that so many
decks seem to have these days (the kids apparently like bling). The
glitz it does have gives you a choice between different spectrum
analyzer displays, which at least do something ostensibly useful.

You can even hook up an expansion unit (which costs more than the deck
itself!), and then a Bluetooth adapter to that, and have handsfree for
your cell phone. The same also allows the addition of Sirius/XM tuners.

The manual can be downloaded here:
http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/CQC5403U.PDF