That's not right either. Signal strength seems to be about the same from both eyes and I can sometimes get results pointing at random locations in the room. Unfortunately, I cannot find any completely consistent place to point. The only consistent thing is the 880 works when pointed directly at the C41 and it also works if it is within a few inches of the IR transmitter.

I suspect there may be some setting in the 880 that will make it control the C41 over an IR repeater, but I have no idea what to try!