Welcome to Fluther.

You say that the Pod and Pad “are connecting”, so do you see a confirmation in the Pod/Pad Bluetooth status that they are in fact “connected”? Sometimes the process requires entering confirmation codes into the device with a user interface (the handheld device, in this case), and if you’re not entering that, then the connection won’t actually establish.

Aside from that, just the obvious: the volume switch on the Pod/Pad are turned up? The speaker is turned on? Its volume switch is turned up? You’re actually “playing” an audio track from the handheld device?

When all else fails, RTFM.

Good luck.

All of the above ticked. New speaker it has to be.

Cheers