Prius St Radio /cd Opt 2 -question

I just bought my Prius 2 weeks ago and was looking at the radio/cd faceplate on the way to FL. I noticed it looks like a regular radio/cd except for the fact the faceplate is blacked out. Is there a regular radio dial/cd control console there or is it just fake? If it is there, is there a way to activate it. Searching for stations just seems more difficult without the conventional display. On my F-150 radio I also get the song info displayed in its entirety instead of a word at a time as on the display screen.