System Interface Requirements

The SITE system is a self-contained, CCTV

Remote Monitors

system that uses video cameras, video cassette

Television monitors and loudspeakers are

recorder/producers, film projectors, slide projectors,

installed at various designated spaces.

and television receivers.

An electronic switching system is used to

System Interface Requirements

modulate the audio and video signals to the applicable

television frequencies, The signals are then distributed

The ILARTS system interfaces with other

to television receivers located throughout the ship.

shipboard equipment according to the following:

The television receivers used with the SITE system are

the same as those described earlier in this chapter.

REFERENCE

SHIPBOARD

SITE II is the second generation standardized

DESIGNATION

EQUIPMENT-SYSTEM

CCTV system for Navy shipboard information,

1. LSO Heads-Up Display (HUD)

training, and entertainment. The system is engineered,

assembled, and procured by the USA Television--

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a. LSO Audio

Audio Support Activity (T-ASA). SITE II is the

largest of the three systems being used in Navy ships.

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b. ILARTS Video to LSO

Smaller versions with limited capability, designated

HUD Console

as MINI SITE and SUB SITE, are also being used in

c. Manually Operated Visual

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certain classes of Navy small surface ships and

Landing Aid System

submarines. However, SUB SITE and MINI SITE will

not be discussed in this chapter.

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2. Ships HD-HE Equipment,

Synchro Signal for Wind

SITE II

Speed

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3. AN/SPN-44 Radar, DC

The SITE II design is based on the experiences of

Analog Voltage for Aircraft

the SITE 1/1A systems. It features a significant

Speed, Range, and Sink Rate

reduction in physical size, while maintaining

operational capabilities. A technician, whether or not

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4. Fresnel Lens Optical Landing

trained on SITE 1/1 A, will find SITE II to be more

System Mk 5 Mod 2 for

reliable and easier to maintain.

Wave-Off/Cut Signals

The service manuals are designed to keep all

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5. Ship's Gyro, Two-Speed

pertinent SITE II reference material under one cover.

Synchros for Pitch and Roll

The technical manuals in the binders are the actual

Stabilization Signals

manufacturers' technical references for operation and

6. Landing Area Signal System

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maintenance of the equipment.

for Clear Deck-Foul Deck

The program-originating equipment is housed in

Signals

and on two dual bays (fig. 8-20).

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7. Sound-Powered Telephone

Circuit

Diplexer

Both bays are equipped with identical diplexers,

which make up the film/slide chain input for the

AUDIOVISUAL ENTERTAINMENT

system. Each diplexer is shock-mounted on its

SYSTEM

respective dual bay and includes a Hitachi GP-7 color

camera, a 16mm film projector, a two-position 70mm

An audiovisual entertainment system combines

anamorphic lens, a 35mm slide projector, and a

both audio entertainment and television entertainment

diplexing optical mirror assembly.

into one system. The audiovisual entertainment

system installed on board Navy ships today is the

The 16mm film projectors are each equipped with

Shipboard Information, Training, and Entertainment

a special 3-inch lens to match the optical

(SITE) system.

characteristics of the camera. A gelatin neutral density

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