Method for operating a transmission device, wherein the transmission device has a first actuator, a second actuator and a transmission unit, wherein the transmission unit has a first gear train, a second gear train and an output shaft for providing an output torque of the transmission device, wherein the first gear train and the second gear train are coupled on the output side in a manner capable of transmitting torque with the output shaft, wherein the first gear train is coupled on the input side in a manner capable of transmitting torque with the first actuator, wherein the second gear train is coupled on the input side in a manner capable of transmitting torque with the second actuator, and wherein the first actuator is designed to feed a first input torque into the first gear train and the second actuator is designed to feed a second input torque into the second gear train, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: inputting a request signal, which represents a requested value of the output torque, determining a first control signal for controlling the first actuator and a second control signal for controlling the second actuator using the request signal, wherein the control signals (150, 160) trigger input torques (M1, M2), which trigger torques on the output side with different signs and with different non-zero absolute values on the output shaft, if the request signal represents a requested value of the output torque within a first value range, and wherein the control signals (150, 160) trigger input torques (M1, M2), which trigger torques on the output side with the same signs and with the same non-zero absolute values on the output shaft, if the request signal represents a requested value of the output torque within a second value range that differs from the first value range, and outputting the first control signal to the first actuator and the second control signal to the second actuator, in order to generate the first input torque and the second input torque, characterised in that in the determining step, a threshold value comparison is performed of the requested value of the output torque with at least one predefined threshold value for an absolute value of the output torque, in order to assign the requested value of the output torque to the first value range if the threshold value is not reached and to the second value range if the threshold value is exceeded. inputting a request signal, which represents a requested value of the output torque, determining a first control signal for controlling the first actuator and a second control signal for controlling the second actuator using the request signal, wherein the control signals (150, 160) trigger input torques (M1, M2), which trigger torques on the output side with different signs and with different non-zero absolute values on the output shaft, if the request signal represents a requested value of the output torque within a first value range, and wherein the control signals (150, 160) trigger input torques (M1, M2), which trigger torques on the output side with the same signs and with the same non-zero absolute values on the output shaft, if the request signal represents a requested value of the output torque within a second value range that differs from the first value range, and outputting the first control signal to the first actuator and the second control signal to the second actuator, in order to generate the first input torque and the second input torque, characterised in that in the determining step, a threshold value comparison is performed of the requested value of the output torque with at least one predefined threshold value for an absolute value of the output torque, in order to assign the requested value of the output torque to the first value range if the threshold value is not reached and to the second value range if the threshold value is exceeded.