To provide an operational guidance method and device therefor for assisting the user's comprehension by performing the detailed operational guidance of an equipment by the same language as the reproducing language of media.

By a media reproducing language setting part 11, a reproducing signal including the multi-language reproducing information is inputted, and the reproduction signal of the language set in accordance with the user's instruction (set reproduction signal) is produced and outputted, and also the language setting information is transmitted to a guidance signal generating part 12. By an operation instructing part 13, when the operation of the device in company with the guidance display is instructed by the user, the guidance signal generating part 12 is instructed to perform this operation of the device. A guidance information storage part 14 preliminarily stores the guidance information corresponding to each operation of the device concerning various kinds of languages. By the guidance signal generating part 12, the guidance information regarding the operation of the device of the language same as the set language is read out from the guidance information storage part 14 and outputted in accordance with the language setting information. By a guidance signal composite part 15, the guidance signal is superposed to the set reproduction signal and outputted.