Can Mint switch to Bluetooth Headset when connected?

[mintqui]

I can't seem to figure out how to get Mint 12 (64-bit) to use the speakers normally, but when I connect my bluetooth headset, automatically use the headset instead.

I can go into Sound and I've discovered that I can click on the device to get it to play out which output I want, but my PC, Mac, and OpenSUSE (Phonon) just auto-switch to the headset. Do I need to get an app or is there a way to do it already in Mint 12? I looked at alsamixer, but it didn't seem to let me define an order, or a default output ........? Some other theads seemed to indicated it was a problem in Mint 12. Some other guys switched out ALSA and Pulse, so ... any suggestions on this?

thank you