element is markedly smaller than the width of the picture screen and the ball element is located directly behind the picture screen surface in a correspondingly small socket element in another embodiment not illustrated the entire display unit 5 is displaceable also in the z direction i e in a guide preferably designed in the manner of a mechanical flip flop in this way the display unit 5 can be moved forwardly out of the housing frame 9 under especially extreme conditions of view for this purpose an outer frame of the display unit 5 may merely be subjected to an actuating pressure spring action then moves the complete display unit 5 with its mount out of the housing frame 9 for the return motion likewise a gentle pressure on the frame is sufficient such flip flop constructions are known in a variety of modifications for example in furniture or covers and flaps on electronic equipment and therefore will not be described in detail here another embodiment of a pivoting mechanism for the multifunction display arrangement is shown in fig6 and 7 in fig6 a housing arrangement generally designated 9 for a multifunction display with housing walls 20 a housing front 19 and operating members 6 is shown the housing arrangement 9 being represented in this view without a display unit 5 four bearing elements 18 a d are mounted in a housing aperture 34 these elements have connections 35 a 35 d of spherical shape set back behind the housing front 19 for supporting a.