thanks very much for your help - the bit which got me was the fact that when all the leads were unplugged there was still a picture downstairs!!
The cracked material seems to be a fibre glass type / metal material! - thanks for your assisitance!
lol, yeah sorry i meant landlord!!
We live in a mid terrace yes.
Heres a rough diagram of what the junction box looks like -
The crack is what concerns me - i'm not sure whether this would effect the picture!
we have recently changed the tv and that had no effect - same poor...
Just recently my girlfriends television picture has took a turn for the worst. We have tried all the obvious - simple ways to see if we could correct this i.e. booster, new internal antenna etc etc all with no joy.
We got in contact with the tenant and he stated that they could send someone...