Switching to Apple Cinematic Display camera instead of MBP's

Hi guys,
I have a Macbook Pro Retina 2014 running Yosemite and it's connected to my older ACD 27inch.
The MBP is closed so I do not use the MBP screen.
Minidisplay, USB cables are plugged into the Macbook Pro from the ACD.
System report shows the camera in the USB port section. I know both the cameras on the ACD and MBP work.
None of my applications including photobooth, facetime etc etc will detect the ACD camera. I've looked everywhere
for an option to select the camera to use but it doesn't exist.
Surely I am not the only one with this question!?
Anyone?
Thanks.

oh - and of course they sent me away from the genius bar when i went in two days before my applecare was up asking them to replace the keys which are all wobbly and wonky.
the guy actually asked me to tell him specifically which keys were a problem as he didn't want to just replace them all for me for some reason.
now i have a list of 23 keys and i am going to spend MORE OF MY TIME taking this thing in so i can work on it and i have to trust his word when he tells me that he will replace them for free out of warranty.
then i will have to do this again with the /other/ keys when they fail on the coming months or within the next six months to a year...bummer.
< SIGH >

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