The invention relates to a method for operating a transmission device (1), in particular a double-clutch transmission device, the transmission device (1) comprising a plurality of gear selectors (2, 3, 4, 5) each having a gear selector valve (15, 16, 17, 18), and a gear selector piston (23, 24, 25, 26) which is operatively connected to a selector fork of the transmission device (1), is arranged in a gear selector cylinder (19, 20, 21, 22) and divides the latter into a first pressure chamber (27, 28, 29, 30) and a second pressure chamber (31, 32, 30 36). In a first shifting position of the gear selector valve (15, 16, 17, 18), the first pressure chamber (27, 28, 29, 30) has a flow connection to a common feed line (12), in a second shifting position, the second pressure chamber (31, 32, 33, 34) has a flow connection to a common feed line (12), and in a neutral position, none of the pressure chambers (27, 31; 28, 32; 29, 33; 30, 34) has a flow connection to a common feed line; and a flow connection of the feed line (12) to a common pressure source (6) is enabled in a first operating position of the shifting valve (13) and is interrupted in a second operating position of the shifting valve (13). Here, according to the invention, to achieve a change from a standby operating mode into a power saving operating mode, a pressure test is carried out, in which the gear selector valves (15, 16, 17, 18) of the gear selectors (2, 3, 4, 5) for setting the neutral position and the shifting valve (13) for setting the second operating position are activated, and then the gear selector valve (15, 16, 17, 18) of at least one of the gear selectors (2, 3, 4, 5) for setting one of the shifting positions is activated.